New weekly aimed at Docklands residents

Archant London has launched a new weekly newspaper for the Docklands area.

The Docklands, which hit the streets on Tuesday, has been described as "a quality paper marketed at the affluent residents of the riverside's new high-rise flats and warehouse conversions".

The paper's distribution stretches from Wapping down to London City Airport, with a weekly 30,000 print run.

The 64pp-average stitch- and-trim tabloid will be printed at Thorpe Plant, Archant's upgraded site in Norwich, on a Goss ColorLiner (HT80), using 54gsm newsprint.

Managing editor of Archant London Richard Thomson said the paper covered more than just the local news.

"It has more of a leisure content food, lifestyle, eating-out guides, recipes by the top chefs at the hotels in the area, a two-page books review there's a cerebral feel," Thomson said.